Wikipedia:Meetup/Connecticut/January 2009

The inaugural Connecticut Wikipedia meetup happened on Saturday January 10th 2009 at Real Art Ways cafe and arts center in Hartford, Connecticut. The next one is scheduled to be held on Saturday, January 24th 2009, same place but at 2:30 PM.

When and where

 * Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 2:30 pm. Venue is at Real Art Ways (Arbor Street in Hartford).

Tentative topics/agenda
Bring your own ideas!
 * Revitalization of WikiProject Connecticut
 * Connecticut Committee as part of Wikimedia New York City regional chapter?
 * Maybe have presentations like NYC?
 * Time and place of next meeting

Likely attendees

 * Sam Blab 06:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  06:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * J.delanoy gabs adds 06:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thingg &#8853; &#8855; 06:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Newyorkbrad (talk) 20:28, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Versa geek  20:32, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Jehochman Talk 04:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * &mdash; Jake   Wartenberg  18:50, 16 January 2009 (UTC) — Probably don't have a ride.

Possible attendees

 * --Polaron | Talk 17:27, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Daniel Case (talk) 20:27, 11 January 2009 (UTC) Assuming it doesn't snow again (I was not driving to Hartford in those conditions). Daniel Case (talk) 20:27, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hartford's close enough that I'd consider making the trek :) Glass  Cobra  04:07, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Regrets

 * I visit Hartford often enough, but I can't attend on Shabbos. &mdash;Elipongo (Talk contribs) 03:15, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Invite list
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First meetup
At the first meetup, we had 5 attendees: Pharos, Mitchazenia, Shapiros10, Polaron and Jehochman. We discussed a number of things, including the possible structure of the CT meetups (compared to the New York City ones most of us had attended), "teaching" about Wikipedia at the Hartford public library, the recent arbcom elections, RFA and the "cabal" that surrounds both elections.

We also formed a temporary committee for organizing meetups.


 * (head of committee)

Meetup 1.5
At Meetup 1.5, we had 6 attendees: Thingg, Shapiros10, Newyorkbrad, J.delanoy, Daniel Case and Jehochman. We had more general discussion of WP, with great variety in topics. Such topics included rangeblocks, banned users, RFAs and ArbCom.